| Brett Bailey, Pharm.D., senior medical informaticist with the Department of Clinical Informatics at UAMS Medical Center, was just lately named to the Value Set Committee for the Pharmacy Health Information Technology (HIT) Collaborative.
Bailey, additionally an adjunct assistant professor within the College of Pharmacy, was appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and can function one in all its representatives on the committee.
“Brett’s skill set is uniquely qualified for service on this committee,” stated Amy Franks, Pharm.D., chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice within the College of Pharmacy. “He not only has clinical pharmacy expertise but also real-life experience in population health management and patient outcomes analysis. He is an excellent choice to contribute meaningfully to this committee and to represent the strength and diversity of pharmacy practice at UAMS.”
“I am honored to represent UAMS and AACP on this committee,” Bailey stated. “I’m excited to begin work with representatives from across the country to review and approve new national coding and documentation standards for pharmacy. This work will help shape our profession and improve electronic health system documentation overall.”
The committee is chargeable for vetting and approving billing and documentation codes in addition to worth units to be used in nationwide digital well being info exchanges for the pharmacy occupation. Value units are lists of particular phrases and their related codes that describe medical ideas for digital well being documentation, and assist set a nationwide customary. They will assist standardize how pharmacists invoice and doc the companies they supply to sufferers.
Bailey earned his Doctor of Pharmacy diploma from the UAMS College of Pharmacy in 2016 and served his residency at UAMS Medical Center in 2017. He has appointments in Clinical Informatics and the College of Pharmacy.
Founded in 1900, AACP is the nationwide group representing pharmacy training within the United States. Pharmacy is the third largest well being occupation — after nursing and medication — with greater than 300,000 clinicians practising in community-based practices, hospitals/well being programs and lots of different well being care settings. The mission of AACP is to lead and associate with its members in advancing pharmacy training, analysis, scholarship, follow and repair to enhance societal well being.
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative includes the main nationwide pharmacy associations, representing 250,000 members, together with these in pharmacy training and accreditation. The collaborative’s membership consists of the important thing nationwide pharmacy associations concerned in well being info know-how, the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and 13 affiliate members encompassing e-prescribing, well being info networks, transaction processing networks, pharmacy firms, system distributors, pharmaceutical producers and different organizations that assist pharmacists’ companies. For further info, go to www.pharmacyhit.org.